'Settlements are comparable to blowing up buses in Tel Aviv'

[oberliner]

Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan on Sunday compared Palestinian suicide bombings to Israel's establishment of settlements on Palestinian land, Israel Radio reported.

"What is the difference between blowing up a bus in Tel Aviv and taking over Palestinian land?" Dahlan asked.

Dahlan warned against a "loss of control" on the Palestinian street, in light of recent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian rioters in Jerusalem, but added that the Palestinians were not interested in a protracted conflict with Israel.

The Fatah man also warned that riots in Jerusalem will not subside as long as Israel's prime minister "keeps sending settlers to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque."

Meanwhile Sunday, Israel lifted the restrictions it had imposed on entry to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, following a period of heightened tensions at the holy site, which houses the Jewish Western Wall and the Muslim Al-Aqsa Mosque.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120210.html

[Ken Burch]

1. OK, that IS a little bit out there.

n/t.

[Violet_Crumble]

2. I'd hold off judging until those quotes are put in context...

I notice that the article is written based on what Israel Radio supposedly said that Dahlan said. He may well have said it, but I'd like to see some context and another source other than Israel Radio confirming it...

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. Wait... Dahlan is the darling of the US... on the Abbas team... the orchestrator of the (un)coup...

I thought you pro-peace Zionists liked Dahlan!